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and can also overworking during weekend, some urgent deliveries are also achievable.
There are two ways to arrange the two trucks. One is both of them leaving together, the
other is one leaves in the morning, the left one leaves in the afternoon. The later
arrangement is better in reducing the inventory.
Suggestions
Table 6.3 Transportation Amount under Different Suggestions
No. of
trucks/day Working Capacity of the
days/year truck
Current 1 322 75%(38
Statue
pallets/truck)
1 2 230 75%(38
pallets/truck)
2 2 230 85%(43
pallets/truck)
3 2 230 90%(46
pallets/truck)
4 2 230 100%(51
pallets/truck)
Transportation
Amount (Items)
122360
174800
197800
211600
234600
The exhaustion threat of pallets is urgent to be eliminated. Procurement department is
working on finding the suppliers of pallets. However, more works can be done to save
the space. One suggestion is to design a new kind of packages of the ADBs, either for
individual or for collective, using lighter and easier materials. This is more favorable in
those orders to customers who will not send the pallets back. Another way is finding a
pooling company, who has warehouse close to Haldex workshop, to deal with all the
delivery and packaging. Haldex only need to send the goods to the inter-warehouse, and
take the pallets back. These suggestions need further researches, which will not carry
out in this paper. Considering the similar distribution of suppliers and customer, which
is mentioned in chapter 5, and the same standard of pallets, Haldex could also share
information with its suppliers and customers who are in the same area to arrange a
better utilization of the pallets. Nevertheless, this method is only effective in those
common areas, not for countries like Russia at present.
Facing the future market, Haldex had better get ready to start manufacturing ADB in its
branches or new factories. Because of the limitation of workshop and warehouse,
headquarter in Landskrona might be not capable to sustain the possible big production
in the future. Expansion is imperative. Nevertheless, location of the new factory is
according to the market and investment environment. The company has to pay close
attention to the market and environment globally, to balance the profit of itself and its
customers.
6.4 Results
In conclusion, suggestions to optimize the current statue and deal with coming threats
are:
• Reduce the powered pallets jack to one and away from duty during the weekend.
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